Talk:Maximum a posteriori

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The page says: "The method of maximum a priori estimation then estimates θ as the mode of the posterior..."

Should it read, "The method of maximum a POSTERIORI estimation then estimates θ as the mode of the posterior..."?

Absolutely, that was a lapse brought about by the fact that maximum a posteriori incorporates a prior. Thanks for pointing that out. By the way: When you feel that a change is needed to an article, it would be best to go ahead and make it yourself. Wikipedia is a wiki, so anyone is able to edit an article by following the Edit this page link. You do not even need to log in, although there are some reasons why you might like to.

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[edit] ML vs conditional prob

ML(A | B) = conditional Prob ( B | A)

the math works out a little later then the Prob ( B | A ) is replaced by its Bayesian equivalent. - NAC (I forgot to sign in)